Scope and Contents Pizzello (b. 1923) grew up in a military family in New Jersey. After dropping out of high school he worked for General Motors building Avenger bombers before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1942. He was attached to the 376th Bomb Group, 515th Squadron and served in British Liberia, Dakar, Marakesh, Casablance, Oran, Tunis, Cairo, and San Pancrazzio. He recalls bombing raids over Italy and describes being shot down and captured by Germans in 1944. Pizzello discusses POW life at...